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EASTER TERM 2024

The B Club

Thursday 2 May

Professor Eric Brown (Washington University St Louis), 'Diogenes and the Cynics, cosmpolitans and anarchists'
5pm*, Room 1.11 of the Faculty of Classics

(*Start time may have to be moved a little later to allow colleagues to attend presentations from candidates shortlisted for a University Assistant Professorship in Latin Literature.  More details tbc.)

The Philological Society

Thursday 9 May

Prof. Rachel Barney (University of Toronto), ‘Protagoras and the Art of Argument’

4.30pm, Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College [with AGM prior to the paper]

The Monday Seminar

We will be discussing aspects of the philosophical thought of Prodicus of Ceos.

The first meeting will be at 4.30 on Monday 29 April in room 1.11 of the Faculty of Classics.  Laura Castelli will lead the discussion of Prodicus on language.

The Mayweek seminar

28-31 May: Aristotle De Anima book 1.  (For information, contact Gábor Betegh: gb230@cam.ac.uk)

Latest news

Exhibition awarded 5 stars

23 July 2024

The new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Paris 1924: Sport, Art, and the Body , Co-curated by Classics' Carrie Vout has been awarded 5 stars by the Guardian. "Timed to coincide with next week’s return of the Olympics to the French capital – is a revelation from first to last. You soon begin to realise that those Games...

VIEWS project Visiting Fellowships

20 May 2024

We invite applications for two funded VIEWS project Visiting Fellowships, with a deadline of 30th June 2024. For further details please follow this link.

Dr Richard Duncan-Jones FBA 1937-2024

19 May 2024

The Faculty is saddened by news of the death of Dr Richard Duncan-Jones FBA FSA. He had been a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College since 1963 where he was a college lecture in Classics and Director of Studies for many years.

New appointment in Latin literature

15 May 2024

The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Elena Giusti as a new Assistant Professor of Latin literature. She will join the Faculty in the new academic year. Elena will be joining from the University of Warwick, where she is currently Associate Professor of Latin . She works broadly on Roman literature and...